The list of 500 Muslims published by Jordan Institute that names Prime Minister Imran Khan 'Man of the Year' was released in Oct 2019 as opposed to the perception being created by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership, its supporters, and some media outlets that Imran was featured in the list again.
The news was first printed by The News on Sunday and was subsequently picked up by some foreign websites. Dawn also published the same news a day later. This also resulted in PTI's official social media account and its leaders celebrating the supposed achievement of their party chief.
However, these celebrations are one year late, as the list was first published by the Jordan Institute in 2019. According to BBC Urdu, the news at the time was also shared by the PTI official account. Moreover, according to the list, PM Imran Khan was 16th most influential Muslim.
Reacting to the way the news was disseminated, senior journalist Saleem Safi shared a link of the BBC Urdu report, saying PTI has no parallel in spreading propaganda. He said the case at hand was a classic example of the strategy employed by the PTI to spread lies.
Jordan’s Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center named Prime Minister Imran Khan as its ‘Man of the Year’ in its recent list of the most persuasive Muslims in the world. @ImranKhanPTI desire for peace with neighboring India earned him the title ??https://t.co/OVflHmiWmk pic.twitter.com/IM6hbaaHx2
— PTI (@PTIofficial) October 8, 2019
The news was first printed by The News on Sunday and was subsequently picked up by some foreign websites. Dawn also published the same news a day later. This also resulted in PTI's official social media account and its leaders celebrating the supposed achievement of their party chief.
However, these celebrations are one year late, as the list was first published by the Jordan Institute in 2019. According to BBC Urdu, the news at the time was also shared by the PTI official account. Moreover, according to the list, PM Imran Khan was 16th most influential Muslim.
Reacting to the way the news was disseminated, senior journalist Saleem Safi shared a link of the BBC Urdu report, saying PTI has no parallel in spreading propaganda. He said the case at hand was a classic example of the strategy employed by the PTI to spread lies.
جھوٹ میں پی ٹی آئی حکومت کاکوئی ثانی نہیں۔اس جھوٹ کوپھیلایاگیا کہ خان صاحب کوعالمی ادارے نےسال کی بہترین شخصیت قرار دیا ہےلیکن بی بی سی کی اس رپورٹ میں ملاحظہ کیجئےکہ کسطرح اس حکومت کےگوئبلزجھوٹ کوپھیلاتےاور پھرتکرارکرکےاس کو سچ ثابت کرنے کی کوشش کرتے ہیں۔https://t.co/LTIWk1KiRZ
— Saleem Safi (@SaleemKhanSafi) August 24, 2020